Jake Burton’s State of the Mountain Address: Response to Poaching
By Rocky Thompson on December 8th, 2007Jake B. responded to, well, responses to his company’s Poach for Freedom domestic terrorist development program. Sabotage Stupidity pays a $5k bounty to the film crew that posts the best video of snowboarding at each of the four ski-only resorts.
From Jake’s letter:
We have been snowboarding at major resorts for well over 20 years now and in the process, we have demonstrated our sport to be for real, and of no threat to society. The fact is that two of the four resorts operate on federal forest land, which makes this issue even more frustrating since the taxes of many snowboarders help finance these resorts. I’m confident that if these four resorts outlawed skiing tomorrow, there would be a protest long before 20 years passed, and rightfully so.
He’s remarkably articulate for a snowboarder. The federal forest land argument makes a good point, and I think Jake’s onto something. Snowboarders should have taken this initiative ages ago, but I understand why it’s taken this long. It’s tough to argue about being included at Deer Valley when you don’t wake up until noon, not to mention that no one wants to spend the precious winter months arguing the legality of ski-only resorts.
via Snowboard Mag
Wow…every time I think I should start skiing too (access to backcountry, nordic stuff, etc), I see skiers dressing like that and talking about snowboarders. Get the frigging 60s garb off your head, pull your head out, and breathe. National land is an epic argument. Private land…it’s your rules…who cares?
In reply to “He’s remarkably articulate for a snowboarder” and “It’s tough to argue about being included at Deer Valley when you don’t wake up until noon”
Rocky - not sure if youve met many snowboarders, but your surprised that the owner of the largest snowboard company in a multi billion dollar industry is articulate? Think about that one. And i was up at 10 am today, way before noon.
I ski and snowboard - 50% each. Skiing a slope with no snowboard traffic is a very nice experience. I don’t think anyone can deny the snowboards set up the snow adversely different (for skiing), than just ski traffic. So if operators want to offer the best skiing experience possible - all the power to them. It’s only 4 locations. Shoot, maybe skiers of the world should be pissed at Jake Burton for not putting out awesome SKI equipment - I mean what’s up with that, your using my public infrastructure to produce just snowboard stuff. Maybe someone should put a bounty on “collecting” Burton snowboards until Jake starts producing SKI equipment. It’s a marketing campaign! A shitty one at that. That being said, who wouldn’t want to be Jake Burton; Life Style, an awesome business, and a little cash….
John is a fool. Snowboarding design and inovation, specifically Burton boards made skiing what it is today. Shaped boards, twin tips for tricks, all helped create the shaped skis, twin tips ect that skiers enjoy today.